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Friday, March 5, 2010

Gel Mediums=Yay

I've recently started playing with gel mediums. I'm in love. I can't get enough of the texture. The non-perfection I find in them. It changes paint in a way I didn't know existed.

Last week, I bought some mini canvas at the craft store. I gave them two coats of gesso and then painted them with black paint. And added tar gel.

It took me a while to get it to the consistency I wanted as I haven't done this before. I was trying to "frame" a picture of my nanny and a picture of my mom from years back(the pictures I framed in artist tape before I painted).

Here is the result.

There is a trillion thinks you can do with gel medium but these, I thought, were better kept simple. It draws your eyes right to the pictures. And I love these pictures.

This mini canvas blocks are great too. You can put them on a wall easily, or use them as they are, and put them on a shelf.

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About Jenn

After years of traveling through life with a suitcase filledof feelings I never allowed to see daylight, I decided to set them free. And with that, I emptied that suitcase, and with that, freed myself.

I'm still me, just better.

As my daily life is inspired by both my old suitcase and my new journey, so is this blog.